At the close of our fifth day in Honduras, there are many thoughts racing through my mind. Many from the trip are dealing with the emotions of the people we have encountered and the extreme poverty we’ve witnessed first hand throught the day.
We started the day a half-hour early and began our fourth day working on the new home for the Aguilar family. We worked all morning and accomplished laying the concrete floor, finishing the tin roof, and got about half the framing on the side walls complete. When we arrived at their home today, Edita was making tortillas from the food we gave them a couple days ago. I continue to be amazed at how hospitable this family is and how hard they work. They are not required in any way to help us build their home, but they have committed to working along side us as their new home takes shape. I spent some time with the youngest son, Franklin today. He loves to play football (soccer) and is excited about his new house because he will have a place to sleep besides on a the floor, in the dirt. Tomorrow we should get the concrete board up for the walls.
After working through the morning, a few of us were invited to witness an incredible event for the Great Commission Church in Choluteca. Yolani is the wife of the first family that joined the church when it began. She has a passion for women in troubling circumstances and visits women in prison on a regular basis. Three of the women she visits in prison decided to go public with their faith through baptism today. So some of us traveled to the prison in Choluteca with Pastor Geovany and a small group of others from the church. Inside of the high walls, barbed wire and guard towers we had the powerful opportunity to hear the stories of these 3 women and witness their baptism inside a cement trough sink within the prison yard. These 3 women’s lives have been changed by God and their stories are very powerful.
Following that opportunity, we joined up with the rest of the group in Limon where they had already began evangelizing throughout the neighborhood. We broke up into teams to spread the love of Christ to those that need the hope that only God can offer. One of the homes we visited belongs to a 78 year-old woman. She lives with her daughter, grand-daughter, and great grand-daughters. All these women are single moms, with no male living in the home. Three of them prayed to accept Christ today!! We left with plenty of hugs and gave them some basic staple food items. (See the picture below)
Overall today, we made progress on a new home for a deserving family, witnessed 3 women go public with their faith in prison and led 3 people to Christ. Just your average day as a missionary in Honduras!
Until tomorrow…
